gerufen

/[ɡəˈʁuːfn̩]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,816

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

gerufen is aGermanverb. It means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs rufen Pronounced [ɡəˈʁuːfn̩]. It ranks #3,816 in German word frequency. Often confused with Grünen and Grafen.

Key facts for gerufen
PropertyValue
Headwordgerufen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɡəˈʁuːfn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,816
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gerufen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for gerufen is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈʁuːfn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,816 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs rufen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for gerufen, with forms such as "egrufen", "gerfuen", and "gerrufen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Grünen", "Grafen", "Gruben", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is gerufen, spelled G-E-R-U-F-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs rufen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: egrufen,gerfuen,gerrufen,geruefn,gerufenn,geruffen,gerufne,geurfen,ggerufen,greufen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gerufen

Misspelling Variants of "gerufen"

egrufen7gerfuen7gerrufen8geruefn7gerufenn8geruffen8gerufne7geurfen7
Misspelling Variants of "gerufen"

Frequency rank: #3,816 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gerufen"?
"gerufen" is spelled G-E-R-U-F-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʁuːfn̩].
What does "gerufen" mean?
As a verb, "gerufen" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs rufen
What words are commonly confused with "gerufen"?
"gerufen" is commonly confused with "Grünen", "Grafen", "Gruben". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gerufen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gerufen" is [ɡəˈʁuːfn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gerufen" come from?
"gerufen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.